Here is a HEAD 2 HEAD battle video of the Dutch Spyker C8 supercar and a modern version of an American icon the Shelby Cobra Roush 427 from Superperformance. 2 different interpretation on pure driving experiences going HEAD 2 HEAD on the Track, and Drag strip.
More modified and pimped out rides from the 2008 Dub Show in Detroit. Lamborghini Gallardo Spider, more DONKS, more LAMBO door modified rides, slammed whips and a Monster Yellow Ford 650.
Carrol Shelby recently celebrated his grand young age of 85 so Shelby Automobiles celebrated by recreating the iconic GT40 with a new 85th commemorative version.
Today Steeda, the Pompano Beach-based company unveiled the Steeda GT500, which, uses Ford’s 500-horsepower Shelby GT500 as its base. No signed numbers are provided in the press release, but given that the Steeda GT500 incorporates the company’s cold air intake, ECU tune, and pulley upgrade, we figure on the output being somewhere between 600 and 650 horsepower.
The folks at Shelby will take your $45,000 GT500 and for just $27,995, they’ll boost the engine performance via a Shelby supercharger upgrade, a Borla cat-back exhaust system and a cold air intake and then they’ll work on the handling a bit by dropping in a Shelby/Eibach coil over suspension to lower the ’stang a little over an inch-and-a-half and then by adding Shelby/Eibach sway bars to reduce the body roll.
Ford’s latest Bold Move is in the form of a new 30-second commercial dubbed ‘Germany’ that will debut on September 10th during the NFL season opener on FOX and CBS. The commercial opens with a White Shelby GT500 coupe being unloaded from a ship docked at a German port.
The soft-top 2008 Ford Mustang Shelby GT will be available later this summer and its production will be limited to just more than 2,000 units. Prepare to get one.
Amy Boylan, the President of Shelby Automobiles Inc, said that the quantity of the parts and the retooling required pushed the price to the $28,000 . The total best case scenario price of around $72,000 dollars is worth it.
The remake of the best rental of them all will be available for a mere $300/day plus $50/day insurance. Mileage will be limited to a mere 100/day, and $0.25 per mile afterward. And this time, they'll make sure that the engine and chassis have not been tampered with, to prevent a remake of past incidents, where renters performed an engine swap with their own Mustangs, essentially getting a high-performance engine for the price of a rental.
Advanced Product Creation and SVT program director Hau Thai-Tang calls the new GT500 \223The most capable Mustang ever.\224 And with 500 horsepower and 480 torques, it\222d better be. Basically, the Shelby\222s motor is a detuned version of the 5.4L blown meat-grinder in the GT, utilizing the same four-valve cylinder heads, piston rings and bearings.
Las Vegas – June 7, 2007 – Executives with Shelby Automobiles have announced that the company will transform consumer owned 2007 and 2008 Ford Shelby GT500’s into fire breathing "Super Snake" coupes for only US$27,995.00. Beginning in late summer of 2007, a limited number of GT500 owners can have this post-title package applied to their car at the Shelby Automobiles facility in Las Vegas.
The dice have been cast on the Shelby GT-H in Las Vegas where production of the limited edition Mustang has just begun at Shelby\222s facility in the city of sin. The resurrected \223Rent-A-Racer\224 will populate the planet to the tune of 500 copies that will be made available to rent through the Hertz Fun Collection at select airport locations nationwide later this year.
The brand, marketing, team, and eventually the vehicles will disappear. With the premium performance brands going strong at some other companies, this is surely not a good sign for Ford. The 2007 Shelby Cobra will be the last of the SVTs.
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